Footnote 3 – Don’t Be Fooled!

Including, as noted above, the editors of this magazine. In “On a Mission from God” (Past Perfect, Archaeology Odyssey 02:03), a passage from John A. Wilson’s translation of the Tale of Wenamun (from James B. Pritchard’s Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament) was quoted as “land of Alashiya [Cyprus],” whereas Wilson had written “land of Alashiya” with a footnote stating that Alashiya is “probably” Cyprus. Presumably the editors thought they knew better than Wilson.